Tag: Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: Now senior citizens will give road safety lessons to children in Bhubaneswar by helping them in crossing roads. The initiative will be launched by the Forum for Smart Citizens in Bhubaneswar and a decision in this regard was taken at the Road Safety Campaign – 2019 event held in the city today. The campaign […]

Bhubaneswar: The third phase vaccination drive kicked off today in Bhubaneswar for the age group of 18 and 44. The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has initiated the exercise as decided…

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: The Twin City Commissionerate Police (CP) today issued a poll code advisory for the political parties and candidates on organising public meetings, roadshows, rallies in the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. As per the guidelines, the candidates of the political parties can hold meetings, rallies and roadshows only after getting prior permission.  The […]

Bhubaneswar: Friday morning turned a nightmare for two families in the city after coming face to face with armed miscreants, who not only snatched their ornaments but injured five persons during the loot bids. While one incident was reported from Sailashree Vihar, the other took place in the vicinity of Nandankanan. In Sailashree Vihar incident, […]

Bhubaneswar: The Parents’ Association of ODM Public School today staged a hunger strike protesting issuance of transfer certificate (TCs) to 11 students by the school authorities allegedly over non-payment of fees. While some guardians fell sick on the second day of the agitation today, the parents’ association moved the National Commission for Protection of Child […]

Bhubaneswar: In order to put a check on the poll irregularities and other malfunctions ahead and during the 2019 polls, a 24X7 control room was opened at the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in Bhubaneswar on Friday. The control room would monitor activities like poll irregularities, model code of conduct (MCC) violation, and […]

Bhubaneswar: The Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) today announced that its senior leader Janardana Pati will contest the polls from Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha constituency. In the first phase list of 45 party candidates, Pati’s name has been selected for Bhubaneswar constituency. The CPI (Marxist) also announced names for 16 Lok Sabha […]

Bhubaneswar: The ruling-BJD has strongly opposed the decision of the railways to shift the Bhubaneswar office of Central Organisation for Railway Electrification (CORE) to Bangalore. Alleging that it is a clear case of violation of model code of conduct, BJD Spokesperson Sasmit Patra on Saturday informed that the party would move the State Election Commission […]

Bhubaneswar: A flash protest sparked off at the Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar today after the patients and their attendants failed to avail registration tickets to visit doctors of various departments at the hospital. Reason, the staff at the computerised central registration counter denied them tickets and stopped working alleging non-payment of salary for the last […]

Bhubaneswar: Railway Protection Force (RPF) today nabbed a gang of thieves involved in looting train passengers after drugging them. The RPF arrested three robbers from Bhubaneswar and handed them over to the Government Railway Police. According to sources, the gang of thieves were involved in several cases of theft and were active in Bhubaneswar Railway […]

Bhubaneswar: A woman’s bid to sell her three-year-old girl child was foiled at the Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar following the intervention of Childline officials. As per reports, the woman from Nayagarh district, whose husband has been admitted to the hospital, was trying to sell her girl child to a transgender. However, people present at the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Corona graph today witnessed a downward trend with 809 COVID positive cases which have been reported in last 24 hours. With the new cases, the active caseload in…

Bhubaneswar: BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced names of party candidates for nine Lok Sabha constituencies, which included seven new faces. Announcing the list of candidates at Naveen Niwas, Patnaik said IPS officer and former Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Mohan Patnaik will be contesting the polls from Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha seat. Arup […]

Bhubaneswar: I cut my journalistic teeth reporting for a highly respected newspaper–perhaps the best and the most powerful in the country ( it still is)—in undivided Bihar. The state was a political hotbed and you never had a dull moment. In the cauldron politics of the state in those days George Fernandes, the maverick socialist […]

Bhubaneswar: Body of a security guard with throat slit was found inside the kitchen room of a marble trading outlet near Pahala area on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar today. The deceased has been identified as Gadadhar Swain a resident of nearby Usuma village. He was working as a security guard at the private marble trading […]